KB

Windows Server 2003 Scoping

ABSOLUTE MINIMUM: (more is recommended for change/future needs)

System drive:

   

Space  Application  Notes 
1 x RAM Windows memory dump  + size of page file? 
3 x RAM Page file      
500MB minimum Documents and Settings     
10GB Free space More preferred

Data drive:

   

Space Required Application Notes
2GB Trend CSM for SMB     
1.6GB Program Files folder (on an SBS server with no additional apps)
5.1GB Windows folder     
1GB x number of users Exchange Database Enforce 1GB mailboxes, on SBS with 75 user limit, ties in nicely with 75GB store limit in Exchange 2003
1 x size of Exchange Database Free space required for Exchange database maintenance   
  Exchange database log files  
  Exchange message tracking logs  

Totals

For an SBS server with 4GB RAM = 31.3GB minimum. Double that to be safe.

User Data


Users Shared Folders - estimated 1GB x number of users

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